Stabilization of halogenated vinyl resins



United States Patent ()1 fice 3,518,224 Patented June 30, 1970 Int. Cl. cosf 45/60 US. Cl. 260-4585 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Halogenated vinyl resin compositions containing esters of aminocrotonic or Z-aminocyclohexene carboxylic acid having at least one thioether group in the ester radical exhibit improved stability and compatibility with plasticizers.

This application is a division of our co-pending application, Ser. No. 499,015, filed Oct. 20, 1965, now US. Pat. No. 3,412,139.

This invention relates to new compositions of matter and to halogen-containing hydrocarbon resin compositions stabilized therewith.

It is well known that halogen-containing hydrocarbon resins deteriorate when exposed to heat and light and require the addition of stabilizers. The stabilizers used for this purpose may be divided in several groups, one of said groups being organicnitrogen compounds.

Such organic nitrogen compounds proposed as stabilizers include, for instance, diphenylthiourea, phenyl indol, and esters of beta-aminocrotonic acid with saturated aliphatic alcohols and polyols. Said stabilizers have, however, certain drawbacks. The stabilizing efiect of diphenyl thiourea is not sufiicient for most practical applications. Resins stabilized with phenylindol are rather light sensitive, and the beta-aminocrotonic acid esters are incompatible with plasticized resins. All said stabilizers are insufiiciently efliectivc for vinyl chloride polymers obtained by suspension polymerization.

We have now discovered a new group of organic nitrogen containing compounds which avoid the drawbacks of the formerly used nitrogen compounds and are, in particular, excellent stabilizers for suspension polymers of vinyl chloride. Said compounds are alpha, beta-unsaturated beta-aminocarboxylic acid esters of the general formula wherein R and R are each hydrogen or hydrocarbon groups and R is hydrocarbon containing at least one thioether group. The hyrocarbon groups may be aliphatic saturated or unsaturated straight or branched chains or substituted or unsubstituted aromatic groups. R and R may form together a ring. Preferably, we use beta-aminocrotonates in which the ester group contains a thioether group.

The improved effect of the new stabilizers is probably dueto the combined action of the amino group as HCl acceptor, of the NH &C group as readily alkylated system, and of the thioether group as retarding the oxydativ degradation of the polymer. At the same time, the compatibility wih plasticizer contained polyvinyl chloride is improved. Addition of phenols increases said inhibitor effect.

Though the compounds can be used alone as stabilizers in amounts of 0.2 to 3, preferably about 2 percent, calculated on the weight of the resin, they are of particular advantage in combination with other stabilizers, such as metal soaps, e.g. salts of car-boxylic acids having 6 to 20 carbon atoms with bivalent metals, alone or in further mixture with polyols such as pentaerythritol, dipentaerythritol, and sorbitol. Such stabilizer systems in which up to 50% of the normally used metal salt-polyol combination is replaced by our new stabilizer, are particularly useful for preventing early color in the processing of suspension polyvinyl chloride resins. The partial replacement of the metal salt stabilizer by the new ester compounds lowers considerably the: melt viscosity of rigid polyvinyl chloride and increases the dynamic stability in extruders and the like.

Resins which can be stabilized with the thioether compounds of the invention are essentially polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride, and resins obtained :by copolymerization of vinyl chloride and/0r vinylidene chloride with each other and/or with other copolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated compounds. An illustrative list of such resins is given in Pat. No. 2,592,926.

The stabilizers can be prepared by reaction of thioether groups containing beta-acetocarboxylic acid esters with ammonia under a pressure of about 0.5 to 3 atmospheres above atmospheric pressure and at a temperature of about 60 to C. in the presence of Water or a water-miscible solvent, or also as a melt reaction in the absence of solvents. The reaction products, when washed repeatedly with methanol, are the pure esters of the corresponding beta-amino-alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acids where the ester group contains thethioether group. The starting beta-acetocarboxylic acid esters which contain the thioether group are obtained by transesterification of acetoacetic acid or corresponding higher acid esters (preferably the methyl ester) with the respective thioalcohol.

The following examples are given to illustrate the invention. All parts are given by weight unless otherwise specified.

EXAMPLE 1 1 mol of thiodiethylene glycol was heated with 4 moles of acetoacetic acid methyl ester at 140160 C. and the split off methanol was distilled off first at atmospheric pressure and subsequently at torr. The excess acetoacetic acid ester was distilled oil at 10 torr.

The obtained ester was then reacted with ammonia. After washing with methanol, the obtained product was pure thio diethylene glycol bis-(beta-aminocrotenate) of the formula The following Table I is a representative list of compounds prepared by reaction of acetoacetic acid with the respective thioether-alcohols.

TABLE I Stabilizer Number Compound 13 or min C.

I Y-CHzCHzSCzH bum 110-118 II Y-CH2-CH2SC H 5 111 37-39 III YCH2CH2SCH2-CH2OH m 89-92 IV YCHrCH2-S-CHz-CH2-Y 111 89-92 V Y(CHz)zS-CHzS(CH2)2Y m 84-85 VI Y(CHz)z-S(CH2)2S(CH2)2Y 111 126-130 VII Y-(CHz)2S(CH2)sS(CH2)z-Y 111 95-98 VIII Y(CH2)2-5-(CH2)20-(CH2)2-S-(CH2)2Y m 48-51 IX Y-(OHz)zSCHzCH=CHCHzS-(CH2)2-Y m 124-125 X Hz H2 111 98-101 6 HzC CH2 H2C CH2 H2O CCOOCH2CH2-SGH2CH2 -OOC-C CH2 I IHZ 1 1112 See the following note:

NH: Y= OH J)OHO O 0- EXAMPLE 2 Composition B The basic resin formulation used for the stabilizer tests Suspension Polyvinyl chloride 70 was a polyvinyl chloride obtained by suspension polym- Dioctyl Phthalate Plasticizel' 30 erizafion and having the K value 64' Diethyleneglycol-bls-(beta-amlnocrotonatc) 2 100 parts of said stock were mixed with 2 parts of the stabilizer on a 2.-roll heated mill at 180 C. for 5 minutes according to the conventional procedure to sheets of 0.3

mm. thickness. Samples of the sheets were suspended at a temperature of 160 C. in a forced air convection oven from which the samples were removed after 0, 15, 45, and 60 minutes for observation of the discoloration.

The stabilizers used and the results of the heating tests are shown in the following table, where the stabilizers of the invention are designated by the numbers of Table I.

The compositions A and B were milled under the same conditions at 165 C. for 5 minutes and sheeted 01f to sheets of 1.1 mm. thickness. Said sheets were piled up and pressed for 1 minute at 180 C. and a pressure of 200 atm. to plates of 18.5 cm. length, 9 cm. width, and 1 mm. thickness. The composition B furnished a plate whose surface showed a dusty coating of sweat out stabilizer. Composition A furnished a transparent plate on which even after prolonged storage no coating could be observed.

TABLE II Color of Product After- On conclusion 15 minutes 45 minutes minutes Stabilizer of milling at 160 C. at 160 C. at 0 C.

Diphenylthiourea Brown Black red..." Black Black.

' d0 Brown Brown Dark brown:

Yellow Yellow Dark brown- Black. 1, 4-butanediol-bis-beta-aminoerotonate Light yellow d0. Brown Black red. Diethyleneglycol bis-beta-aminocrotonate .do do do 0. IV Colorless. Light yellow Yellow Brown. 90% IV+10% 2, fi-di-tert. butyl-p-eresol. d Colorless Light yellow Yellow. VI Light yellow Yellow Brown. 90% VI+10% 2, fi-di-tert. butyl-p-eresol "do Oolorelss Light yel1ow Yello The stabilizers I-III, and V-X had essentially the same 60 effect as IV and VI.

EXAMPLE 3 Composition A Components Parts Suspension polyvinyl chloride K=70 70 Dioctyl phthalate plasticizer 30 Stabilizer IV thiodiethyleneglycol-bis (beta-aminocrotonate) We claim:

1. A composition of matter comprising a halogenated vinyl resin and from 0.2 to 3 percent by weight of said resin of an amino acid sulfur compound of the formula wherein Y is an amino carboxylic acid radical selected from the group consisting of B is a member of the group consisting of (CH ),,X and CH -CH=CH-CH X, X being a member of the group consisting of sulfur and oxygen, n being an integer from 1 to 6, a being an integer from to 2, b being an integer from 2 to 12 and A is a member of the group Consisting of H, OH and Y as a stabilizer. 71

2. A composition as claimed in claim 1 containing in addition, at least one additional stabilizer selected from the groups consisting of phenols, polyols, and metal soaps.

3. A composition according to claim 1 wherein Y is 4. The composition according to claim 1 wherein Y is NHz and X is sulfur.

5. The composition of claim 1 wherein said resin is polyvinyl chloride.

6. The composition of claim 2 wherein said resin is polyvinyl chloride.

7. The composition of claim 3 wherein said resin is polyvinyl chloride.

wherein Z is a glycol radical containing 1 or 2 thioalkylene groups as a stabilizer.

10. The composition of claim 9 wherein said resin is polyvinyl chloride.

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